To Leave This City (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
This is the city to walk around in the rainStaring at the barges in the harborAnd to hum songs through ...
Orhan Veli Kanik Poems on Love (9 Poems)
For Istanbul (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
AprilIt's impossibleTo write poemsIf you're in loveAnd not toIf the month is AprilDesires & MemoriesDesires are differentSo are the memories.How ...
Edith Almera (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
Chances are, at this moment,On a lakesideNear BrusselsHe's thinking of Edith Almera.Edith AlmeraPlays first fiddleIn a gypsy band:She's acclaimed and ...
Fine Days (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
These fine days have been my ruin.On this kind of day I resignedMy job in "Pious Foundations"On this kind of ...
Good Weather (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
This good weather ruined me,I resigned in such a weatherFrom my government job.I got used to tobacco in such a ...
There’s Something Like Booze In The Air (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
There's something like booze in the air:Makes you feel down and out...If you're eating your heart out because you're hereAnd ...
Tail-Song (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
We can't come together, our ways are differentYou're a butcher's cat, I'm an alley catYour food comes in a tin ...
My Masterpiece (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
It is not my habbit to write poemsWhen I'm in love,But I composed my true masterpieceWhen I realizedThat she was ...
To Stay Grieved (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
I could get angry atThe people I love,If loveHadn't taught meTo stay grieved. (Orhan Veli Kanik)